Legal Opinion

Briegel v. Moeller

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1876PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfielb

The complainant in the court below, and appellee here, claims title to certain lands (through various mesne conveyances, unnecessary to he set forth in detail), which John A. Frank and wife conveyed to Adam Briegel and Valentine Briegel, on the 15th day of June, 1841. He claims that, in fact, Adam was the owner of two-thirds, and Valentine the owner of one-third of the land, hut that the deed of Frank and wife, through mistake, did not disclose this fact, hut assumed to convey the land to them jointly, as tenants in common.

The hill seeks a correction of this mistake, and to remove the cloud…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Griffin v. StewartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Ford v. AdkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1941

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